Athabasca
Athabasca (2011 population 2,990), originally named Athabasca Landing, is a town in northern Alberta, Canada.
It is located 145 km (90 mi) north of Edmonton at the intersection of Highway 2 and Highway 55, on the banks of the Athabasca River.
It is the centre of Athabasca County. It was known as Athabasca Landing prior to August 4, 1913.
(from “Kiddle”)
Terry and I continued on our journey north and after a yummy lunch at the Morinville Grill we took the highway to Athabasca.
Athabasca County had a population of 7,538 in 2020. It too is quite small but not quite as small as Perryvale. ha ha.
There are lovely hills hugging the town and they were just bursting into fall finery. The beautiful Athabasca River leads all the way to the Arctic Ocean!
Unlike many other towns in Alberta, Athabasca predates the railway. It was the terminus of the Edmonton to Athabasca Landing trail. Athabasca lies on a southern protrusion of the Athabasca River.
During the fur trade era, when rivers were the principal means of transportation, the Athabasca–Edmonton trail connected two different drainage basins : The Athabasca River flows north and is part of the Mackenzie River watershed.
Edmonton lies across a height-of-land on the North Saskatchewan River in the Nelson River drainage basin, which empties into Hudson Bay.
Edmonton was in Rupert's Land but not Athabasca. The trail allowed goods to be portaged back and forth between river systems. (from Kiddle)
Terry and I had another fun ‘tile rummy’ game or two , enjoyed our butter tart snacks, and soon it was time to turn toward home again. We sure like to take advantage of the warm days while we can.
Safe travels, friends.
Peace.